Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2I counsel thee: keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
4Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'
Cross References
1 Kings 2:21And she said: 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.'
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 30:31The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.
Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Daniel 4:35(4-32) And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He doeth according to His will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him: What doest Thou?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:2-6
The Excellence of Wisdom; The Duty of Subjects. 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the… Read the whole commentary →